Chapter 450 - Side Story: Lily Of The Valley (Complete)

The battle ended dramatically.

"Huaaaaaah!!!"

"Hahaha! Not bad for a youngster...!"

KWAAAAAANG.

BOOM. BOOM. KWAAAAAANG.

I fought against Kim Sun-woo with everything I had.

Fire, lightning, sonic waves. A confrontation between Kim Sun-woo using all the abilities my past family members had used, and me breaking through everything with the suit I had developed myself.

Throughout the battle, lights flashed and explosions echoed as we fought fiercely, destroying my suit in the process.

And finally.

"Cough... Ha. You've... finally defeated me..."

THUD.

With Kim Sun-woo, his body completely broken, falling to his knees.

The battle ended with my victory.

"......Haah."

In the deepest part of Han-eun Group.

Only the machine behind me still emitted blue and light pink light, while everything around had collapsed and was in ruins from our battle.

...And then, perhaps Kim Sun-woo had done something at the end. In that place that was beginning to shake as if it would collapse from underground.

I caught my breath for a moment and looked down at Kim Sun-woo who had fallen to his knees.

...I wasn't in good shape either.

My suit was almost completely destroyed, leaving me essentially bare. If Kim Sun-woo had more strength left, or if my brother, who had gradually recovered his strength midway, hadn't helped a little, I would have lost.

But in the end, I won.

...Even though I won.

Kim Sun-woo was still smiling, even while sitting on the ground.

"Hahaha!!... Cough. Yes, you ultimately rejected my will and. Defeated me... Yes... But! It doesn't matter!!"

Saying that, Kim Sun-woo, covered in blood, looked at me with a maniacal laugh even in his fallen state.

"I was a dead man anyway. Nothing has changed. The machine behind will still soon spread the power of god to everyone. And, since it was created with dimensional overlap technology, there's no way for you to destroy it...! Khahaha, hahahahaha!!"

With those words, Kim Sun-woo spread his arms and sneered as he spoke his final words.

"You may not be able to share your ability with all of humanity, but that's fine. This is enough. My blessing will be bestowed even upon children like you, Han Seo-eun, who rejected me. Cough, witness the birth of the new humanity in my place...!!"

Looking at Kim Sun-woo laughing with his cracked voice through emotionless eyes, I quietly turned to look at my brother.

"...."

The sight of Da-in shaking his head.

...It seemed that even to my brother, there truly was no way to stop this. For now, escaping and finding a solution later would be the only way to resolve the situation.

RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE

And now with the building seemingly about to collapse, escaping quickly would be the right answer. But...

'Will that really work?'

I closed my eyes.

What would happen if that ominous light contained in the machine spread to everyone?

What would happen if all of humanity gained abilities?

Chaos.

That was the only thought that came to mind.

Kim Sun-woo spoke enchantingly about humans escaping the shackles of god and the birth of a new humanity... but now that I had regained my senses thanks to my brother and was no longer wavering, it all seemed like empty words.

In the end, it was like giving guns to everyone from babies to the elderly... no, not guns, but cannons. It seemed obvious that the world would fall into chaos. It could even lead to extinction.

That's why.

I had to stop it now.

I had felt it from the beginning of our fight. That this was something only I could do.

There was one reason.

Paradoxically, it was because of what Kim Sun-woo had said.

'Han Seo-eun, you don't simply have good intelligence. In fact, you have intelligence that borders on a supernatural ability to think without limits!'

What he had said.

He clearly stated that my true ability wasn't simply being smart... but intelligence 'without limits.'

If that's true, if it really is...

Could I find a way to stop that machine now?

FLASH-

With that thought, I opened my eyes.

At the same time, I looked at the machine.

"Ugh...."

I racked my brain.

My head burned as if it would catch fire. I mobilized all my knowledge to understand what the machine in front of me was. From technical knowledge to fundamental questions that delved into the origins of physics. My brain spun dozens, hundreds of times trying to grasp the principles. Trying to understand the truth of the world. My head began to seek the truth of the world, not just applying simple knowledge. I sweated. I felt feverish. The blood vessels in my eyes burst. Was it because of that unidentified light? My head began to work beyond its limits. What is a dimension? What is truth? What is this world? What principle is that machine based on? What is dimensional technology? I knew it. I figured it out. I found it. Analyzing everything I had seen so far, I reached a single truth. Why is there a mark of 月 imprinted on the dimension that makes up this world? What is the origin? Is this universe not simply a center, but just a branch? Is the entropy that forms that branch overlapping? Is there a way to move that entropy? What kind of organization can touch it? If there is light now, I can know. Find it, find it. I saw it. I found it. Yes. That's it. That's the origin.

And.

Drop.

I saw it.

How the particles of that machine were structured, and by what principle they were attached to this world.

Along with that, my head, as if it had become something else the moment I made up my mind, emerged from the abyss.

With it, a completely different world appeared with bright light.

I was probably able to go this far at once thanks to that light filling this space.

But since I had used even that to my advantage.

After feeling a ringing in my ears and a momentary sense of disconnection, I finally realized.

What method could bring down that thing.

So, with emotionless eyes, I raised my hand.

WOOOOOOOONG

I began to manipulate the particles of the distant machine from thin air.

"Cough... Han Seo-eun... what, what are you doing...?"

I heard Kim Sun-woo's voice from the front, his expression hardened as if sensing something was wrong, but I ignored him.

I concentrated all my mental energy on detaching the fundamental particles that made up the distant machine. My mind already knew how to move my hands to make the particles there fall away.

An ability similar to psychokinesis.

Could simple superintelligence go this far? I wasn't sure, but I did it because I could.

And accordingly, the machine began to tremble.

RUMBLE-

The underground building also began to shake as if it would collapse at any moment.

"Answer me, Han Seo-eun!!!! What, what the hell are you doing right now!!!!!"

And now perhaps finally realizing what was happening.

With a seemingly panicked expression for the first time, Kim Sun-woo, whose composed demeanor had disappeared, howled ferociously.

I, Han Seo-eun, while concentrating all my mental energy on manipulating that machine, smirked and spoke without looking at him.

"Who knows. I was thinking about you who's already decided to die... killing you wouldn't have much meaning or revenge. So, I decided to just destroy the plan you cherish most."

"What....? How...! You, what are you doing now!! Stop!!!! Stop it! Do you know what you're doing right now! You're blocking the advancement of all humanity!! You devil, you enemy of humanity, stop, stop it right now!!!!!!"

After I finished speaking, Kim Sun-woo, despite his dying body, began to convulse and move.

However, having exhausted all his strength, there was nothing he could do.

"That bizarre thing is finished too."

With those brief words.

As my final hand movement ended.

WHOOSH.

KWAAAAAAAAAAAAANG

The machine exploded with an enormous light.

With that, the building began to shake violently as if it would collapse at any moment.

"Seo-eun, quickly....!"

"...! Yes, brother...!!"

With that, perhaps finally realizing it was truly over, my brother reached out his hand to me.

Having finished everything and returned to my normal state, I came to my senses and turned to run toward my brother.

This space was completely collapsing, but my brother could teleport now.

So I grabbed my brother's hand, and before we left for the last time.

I turned my head slightly to look down at Kim Sun-woo.

"No, no, no... no!!!!! Why, why!!!!!!!!"

And with that, the last image I saw was Kim Sun-woo wailing as he looked at the broken machine amidst the collapsing building.

I disappeared from that space with my brother.

It was the moment when my lifelong revenge was finally completed.

***

Everything was over.

KWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANG

"Huff, huff...."

The sound of the building collapsing from underground.

Perhaps because the dimensional axis had collapsed. Behind the huge hole that had opened up, the building collapsed like a mirage, and my brother and I caught our breath under the blue sky that seemed like we hadn't seen it in a long time.

"Haah... Brother, are you okay?"

"Ugh... Yeah. But Seo-eun, I can't teleport one more time..."

Finally escaped from underground, we returned to the mountainside.

I supported Da-in, who was wincing from his injuries, and spoke with effort.

"It's okay, brother. It's all over now, so let's go slowly. The Association will send support soon!"

"...Yeah. Really. It's all over. Oh... I just got a message. Everything's been wrapped up there too, and they saw our GPS come back online, so they're sending a helicopter here. Since this place isn't good terrain, let's go down to meet them..."

"Yes, brother...!"

So I linked arms with my brother, partly to support him, and we descended the mountain.

As we walked, my brother gathered his thoughts for a moment and then spoke.

"I don't know where to start... but first, you worked really hard today, Seo-eun. You did really well. I don't know how you did it... but I wonder what would have happened if it wasn't for you."

Looking at me with a faint smile, my brother said such things.

I returned his smile and then opened my mouth.

"...No. If it wasn't for you, I would have collapsed right there. You were a great help, brother."

Truly.

...Really, he had been a great help.

Today, and in the past. Always.

Perhaps sensing my sincerity.

My brother smiled awkwardly, raised his head, and changed the subject.

"Haha... thank you. Oh, and I just remembered. Seo-eun, you said something like this before. That your wish was to live happily with your brother forever? Haha, I didn't know Seo-eun liked her brother that much?"

My brother asked teasingly.

...Probably, guessing my brother's usual thoughts, he seemed surprised by those words. Not knowing how to react, he was probably trying to brush it off like this.

And to such a brother.

With a smile, I tightened my grip on his arm and said.

"That's right. I really like you, brother."

"....??"

"So, will you stay with me forever?"

With those words.

Suddenly, I had a mischievous thought. And I was curious about my brother's reaction.

I stood on my tiptoes and lightly kissed my brother's cheek.

"...Huh? Huh?"

THUD THUD THUD THUD THUD

"Hehe. Just kidding. But oh, brother! The helicopter's here! Let's go quickly~!"

And hearing the sound of the helicopter that had arrived just in time, I brightly smiled, let go of his arm, and ran toward the helicopter while looking back at my brother.

And my brother, who had been standing there seemingly bewildered for a moment.

"Haha... geez. Alright, let's go."

Eventually laughed helplessly, and now seeming much better, followed me with a smile.

...The fact that my brother's ears had turned slightly red would probably have to remain a secret.

Because mine were probably just as red.

Anyway, with us waving our hands in the blue mountains, my story came to an end.

My name is Han Seo-eun.

This name, given to me at Han-eun Group, which I kept unchanged to affirm my revenge.

A name I had thought about changing after completing my revenge, but decided to keep as is. After all, the name isn't what's important.

And.

'Seo-eun, are you here? Come, sit here.'

'Yes, Na-eun sister...'

'No, why are you only giving candy to Seo-eun? That's unfair~'

This name also holds memories of those who have already departed. It's now a precious name.

And about those who have departed, I decided to think differently.

Because in the end, they are what's most important. And the last words they left me were...

'You have to survive, Seo-eun, okay? See the outside world for me...'

In the end, they told me to live.

"Brother, the helicopter's here, the helicopter~"

"Haha. Yes, yes. Let's get on."

Yes. That's how I decided to continue living in this world.

Together with my brother, who loves me and whom I love the most.

Surely that life will be.

Much happier than I expected.

-Side Story. Lily of the Valley. End